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G.P Thomson experimentally confirmed the existence of matter waves by the phenomena

A

diffraction

B

refraction

C

polarisation

D

scattering.

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G.P. Thomson experimentally confirmed the existence of matter waves (de Broglie's hypothesis) by demonstrating that electron beams are diffracted when they are scattered by the regular atomic arrays of crystals.
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